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Q: Are we to assume 58 is 1858 and not 1958?

Q: Are we to assume 58 is 1858 and not 1958?

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:A: Depends on context. I have seen some Biography Index cards refer to publications as late as 1962, for example. I have not seen any Pioneer Index cards with dates as late as 1950.--[[User:Collier smith|Collier Smith]] 04:06, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

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Q: I have a person with two names: Pettinger, Mrs. George Howard (Elizabeth Evans). How do I enter that? Do I make George the spouse and Elizabeth Evans as the principal person?

Q: I have a person with two names: Pettinger, Mrs. George Howard (Elizabeth Evans). How do I enter that? Do I make George the spouse and Elizabeth Evans as the principal person?

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Questions and Answers

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Q: Are we to assume 58 is 1858 and not 1958?

A: Depends on context. I have seen some Biography Index cards refer to publications as late as 1962, for example. I have not seen any Pioneer Index cards with dates as late as 1950.--Collier Smith 04:06, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Q: I have a person with two names: Pettinger, Mrs. George Howard (Elizabeth Evans). How do I enter that? Do I make George the spouse and Elizabeth Evans as the principal person?

Q: I have seen several images that are NOT PRE-PRINTED FORMS but are typed in the very same format and contain the very same data as the Pioneer Cards. The instructions imply that only pre-printed forms should be keyed as Pioneer. However, I believe that these typed yet identical cards should be classified and keyed with the Pioneer cards. Am I correct? --Collier Smith 18:33, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

A: Yes Anna said to key cards that are not pre-printed but have the same format as the Pioneer cards. --Wiedwoman 19:15, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Q: the keying help says "if there are multiple dates on a card, key the first one to appear". Does this mean the first one on the page (reading from the top down, I presume)? Or the first one I happen to spot? Or the earliest date in time? --Collier Smith 21:43, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

A: If you'll look at the keying examples it highlights the first date that shows on the index card reading top to bottom. --Wiedwoman 22:05, 1 February 2014 (UTC) Thanks--Collier Smith 05:36, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Q: What if a Pioneer Index lists more than one spouse? Do we put the next spouse on the line below or just use one, which one?

A: Per Anna, Key the most recent spouse.--Wiedwoman 06:28, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Q: Do we label it as Biography or Cover page , etc; when the subject of the image is courts and not an actual person?

A: Show as a cover page when there is no person as the subject. --Wiedwoman 09:15, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Q: On a Pioneer index the female subject has name shown as {EX. Bringham, Tabitha Jane Cooper } Under Given do we key in Tabitha Jane Cooper or Key in Tabitha Jane under Given and under Surname key in Cooper Bringham?

A: I would key as given: Tabitha Jane Cooper and surname as Bringham as we don't know for certain that Cooper is maiden name. --Wiedwoman 17:43, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Q: If on the card it doesn't say: ARRIVED ; do we key in the information where it says LOCATED or CAME TO OREGON or leave it blank?

A: I would think you would key the came to Oregon date. --Wiedwoman 21:19, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Q: On the Biography index stamped VITAL STATISTICS at the bottom it says D ORE and then a date.. where does that get keyed in? I am a bit confused on this.

A: Sounds to me like it means "Died (in) Ore(gon) (on the indicated date)". So I would key it thusly. --Collier Smith 01:31, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

A: I am wondering if this is NOT Died in Ore(gon) but rather an abbreviation for a newspaper name published in Oregon. Such as "Daily Oregonian". Can anyone contact the source of this film and ask the question.

A: This abbreviation appears on lots of cards. I've recently seen such a date a couple of days after a Marriage so it appears to be a newspaper publication date and therefore should appear in the "Other" fields.

Suggestions/Additions

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I suggest that a basic rule be added:

Each image will have only one principal person keyed, and only one spouse -- the most recent. All other names on that image are to be ignored.

There is only one exception to this rule: If an image consists only of a list of names, with no other data, then key all the names as principal persons, one per line.

I think this would clarify a lot of issues on both the message board and the wiki.

Sounds very simple when you put it that way :) --Wiedwoman 19:59, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Suggestion: I would like to suggest one exception to the "key most recent spouse rule"